Page 10 WHAT'S ON OCTOBER ltlt That is the subject of lSanctuary?, a ;, Sanctuary? new project created by Headlines Theatre on tour this fall throughout B.C. "Exciting, valid and vital theatre'' is Theatre Sports how one reviewer describes this play. · Unfolding in two scenes, the material in the play is directly out of the experiences with a of the actors' lives. In the first scene, we see a young Conscience Guatemalan couple working through a student movement against a military government. When their friend is killed ;.sanctuary? Theatre and they learn a family member has been October 20, 8:00 pm at the informer, the couple must flee. Central School,Nelson In the second scene, they apply for Cost: $6/$8 refugee status at the Canadian border. October 19, 7:30 at the Here the couple must face new legisla- Brilliant Cultural Centre,Castlegar tion in the form of Bill C84, which has its Cost: $5/$7 own built-in oppressions. Sponsored by KCSF, CUSO, Theatre Then the entire play is performed Energy again. This time, the audience is asked to INFO: 354-4035 stop the action if they see an opportunity by Sandra Hartline to intervene and help solve the problems raised in the play. "Theatre sports with a conscience!" assistant director Sherri-Lee Guilbert explains. Sherri-Lee and director David Diamond are the 'Jokers" who invite the audience to stop the action, then evaluate the interventions. People can either replace an actor on stage, or add another element to the story. Sometimes the idea works - some- times it doesn't, the directors say. In either case, the community can use the event as a concrete tool to investigate the issues and to find out how to go Saeideh Nessar Ali (left) from about solving some of the problems in Iran and Jose Morales from the real world. Guatemala are performers in This process, which invites direct Headlines Theatre's production audience participation, is called "forum lSanctuary?. This provocative theatre'' and was invented in Brazil in the theatre explores the plight of mid-1960's as part of a literacy cam- refugees in our country. paign. The idea for lSanctuary? was born What is a refugee? What makes a person leave his or her home country out of an intense five day "theatre of the oppressed" workshop session. Members Details of Politics and what do refugees encounter when they reach Canada? of the company include six refugees, a lawyer and one professional actor.-a and Preservation Exhibit of Bruce Paterson's Sketches, Bruce's early drawings from travels in 1967 to Present Africa. "In some countries with political GET HIGH ON NATURE October 2 to 29 Nelson Museum 402 Anderson St. unrest, I wasn't allowed to use a camera," he says. "That's when I started sketching seriously." AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE INFO: 352-9813 Like many people, Bruce, now a Bruce Paterson's pen-and-ink draw- Creston resident, fell in love with the FOR ings of local historical buildings are Kootenays on his first visit in 1970. "It STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES AND PARENTS familiar to readers of the local media. knocked me out. I had to come back." Over the last two years, his Kootenay His interest was first sparked in sketch- OCTOBER 19, 20, 21 Cameos series has offered images and ing old Kootenay mining centres, and stories of Kootenay history. "I'm trying to from there his drawings have docu- L.V. ROGERS SECONDARY SCHOOL preserve our heritage buildings in the mented many intriguing details of our way that I can," Bruce says. heritage. See his work, with accompany- MAJOR PRESENTERS The Nelson Museum exhibit of 30 ing text, at the museum this month,a The Honorable Herbert 0. Sparrow Opening Address drawings will also include some of Monte Hummel, President, World Wildlife Fund Canada Keynote Address Dr. V. C. Brink Mr. Lee Harding Elizabeth May Dr. Jovan V. Jovanovich Cynthia Pollock-Shea WORKSHOPS INCLUDE Protect/Conserve Native Plant/Animal Habitats Politics & Practice of Forestry in B.C. Protecting the Ozone Layer Infonnation Sources - Computer Linking Project Biological Effects of Oil Spills d-~~~:::;~=;;i Alternative Energy Sources Food & Your Internal Environment The New Media Revolution: Getting Your Message Across r L:::::::::::::::::t~x5 $14. · I 6 ..................... wallet 95 I. I The Politics of Pesticides 1 1 Thursday OCT. 19, 5PM - 10:30PM Registration, Opening Addresses, HURRY~1 for each add.ltionalperson in portr:~rtrait Musical Slide Presentation, Punch Party Friday OCT. 20, 7:30AM - 11 :30PM Registration, Welcome, Keynote Special Starts Christmas Cards I Address, Workshops, Speaker Cynthia Pollock-shea, Banquet, 1 I Nov. 7 · also available! I IL..:=-~~~~s::!~~ rn®ffi~OO~tsi~~RLTD. I Speaker Dr. V.c. Brink, DANCE Saturday OCT. 21, 8:15AM to 4:15PM Dr. J. V. Jovanovich, Panel Discussion, Speakers Elizabeth May & Lee Harding and Workshops For More Information, Registration, Schedule & Workshop Listings contact .SD7 S0#7, 308 Anderson St., Nelson, VIL 3Y2 or call Bob Harrington 369-2281 or Helen McGall 352-6669 $75 Students, $100 Adults 1